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PANMUNJOM, South Korea (AP) -- A day after a failed North Korean missile test, U.S. President Donald Trump had a message Monday for the North's ruler: 'Gotta behave." At the same time, Vice President Mike Pence warned at the Korean Demilitarized Zone that America's "era of strategic patience is over."...
Fr. Cedric Prakash, an Indian Jesuit priest and committed human rights activist, is the Regional Advocacy & Communications Officer of the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) for the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) Region, based in Beirut, Lebanon. Belonging to the Gujarat Jesuit Province of India, Fr. Cedric founded "Prashant” in 2001, a Jesuit Centre for Human Rights, Justice and Peace in Ahmedabad. He has been at the forefront on issues related to human rights, justice and peace and other advocacy matters for which he has been honoured in India and abroad. In 2015 he was invited by JRS to lend his skills and services to the cause of the thousands of refugees, displaced and those affected by war and violence in the Middle East - an invitation he accepted after much discernment and moved to Beirut in Jan 2016. Often on the move, he visits refugee camps and centres, in the effort of the JRS to bring solace, h...
Vatican City, Apr 16, 2017 / 03:00 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In a lengthy interview with EWTN's German television branch, Benedict XVI's closest aide describes how the retired pontiff is doing as he turns the milestone age of 90, giving a rare look into what life is like for the Pope Emeritus.Archbishop Gänswein has been Benedict's personal secretary since 2003, while the latter was still Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. He has remained close at Benedict's side throughout his papacy, resignation and his life of retirement.In anticipation of Benedict XVI's 90th birthday, which this year falls on Easter Sunday, April 16, Gänswein gave a lengthy interview to EWTN.TV in German, sharing insights into how the Pope Emeritus plans to celebrate his birthday and highlights and personal memories of his pontificate.Among other things, the archbishop recalls how Benedict handled his election, the frequently negative media-firestorm that envelope...
By Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Like St. Francis of Assisi did, theCatholic Church and individual Christians must follow Christ by imitating hiswillingness to give up everything for the sake of others, Pope Francis said."Unfortunately, 2,000 years after the proclamation ofthe Gospel and eight centuries after the witness of Francis, we face aphenomenon of global inequity and an economy that kills," the pope said inan April 16 letter to the archbishop of Assisi, Italy.The pope's letter offered his blessings and support for thedecision of the Diocese of Assisi to establish a shrine in memory of the"divestiture" of St. Francis.The shrine, which will be inaugurated May 20, will be housedin the town's Church of St. Mary Major, but also will include public access tothe "Sala della Spogliazione," literally the Room of the Divesting.The room in the bishop's residence is where a young St. Francis -- in thepresence of his father and of the bishop -- stripped naked and renounced allwealt...
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) -- Latin America's oldest colonial city is aiming for a rebound, pouring tens of millions of dollars into repairing streets, cleaning up trash, installing streetlights and renovating centuries-old buildings in hopes of getting more of the Dominican Republic's 5 million tourists a year to spend less time at the beach and more in the capital's long-neglected historic center....
BOSTON (AP) -- The Latest on the 121st running of the Boston Marathon (all times local):...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A doctor who saw Prince in the days before he died had prescribed oxycodone under the name of Prince's friend to protect the musician's privacy, according to an affidavit unsealed Monday....
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- The clouds of war, it might seem, are gathering around the Korean Peninsula....
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Authorities in several states were on the lookout Monday for a man police say shot a Cleveland retiree collecting aluminum cans and then posted video of the apparently random killing on Facebook....
(Vatican Radio) On Easter Monday Pope Francis greeted pilgrims and visitors gathered in St Peter’s Square, praying especially for Christians who are persecuted for their faith.Speaking from the window of the Apostolic Palace before the recitation of the Regina Coeli midday prayer, the Pope said the day’s liturgy echoes the great cry of Easter Sunday, ‘Christ is Risen, Hallelujah!’Listen to our report: We hear the words of the angel to the women at the tomb, saying ‘Go quickly and tell his disciples, he has been raised from the dead.”Those words are directed at us too, the Pope said, inviting us to go quickly and proclaim this message of joy and hope to the women and men of our day. The message that death and the tomb have not had the last word, but that Christ is Risen, bringing new life to all.In light of this event, Pope Francis said, we are called to be men and women who affirm the value of life. In the midst of so much suffering in the...
